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Ladies and gentlemen!

From Jersey City, New Jersey it's the local attraction

that you've all been waiting for!

I just love this throw down.

The prosecutor versus the cop.

The two senseis both have competing MMA schools

in the same New Jersey town.

Two of their students, Felix Sanchez,

who's already fought and won in five professional fights,

and Anthony Rodriguez.

Check it out.

An autistic savant who fights with magic from within.

Oh my God. He's got him.

He's in trouble here.

I think so.

- Judge, I wanna object, but it's more that I'm confused.

Could you instruct Mr. Carroll to stop staring at my client?

Mr. Carroll.

Mr. Carroll, are we going to continue?

- He's the guy.

He's the guy you saw bludgeoning the victim

when you arrived at the party?

- Bludgeoning? No, not bludgeoning.

He was punching the one kid who was punching him back.

Please let the court reflect

that Officer Tantino just identified the defendant.

So reflected.

- So let me get this straight.

When you arrived at the party you and Sergeant Radinsky

had to physically separate Pella from the victim.

- Yeah, I had to grab one kid

and Sergeant Radinsky grabbed the other kid.

They weren't locked in mortal combat, fighting to the death.

These are two young kids

that had a little scuffle. - Thank you.

No further questions, Officer.

- You know, you really exaggerating

what happened there, counselor?

- I said no more questions.

Officer, you can't just open

statements on your own.

- That means you're done.

You don't make speeches.

You understand?

But of course,

now that defensive court's examined you...

Miss Rodriguez.

- So, Officer Tantino.

You seem to have more testimony.

What exactly did happen?

We didn't make any arrests and no complaints were signed,

but the victim in this case

decided to pursue the matter in court

after speaking with Mr. Carroll here,

who I believe is not only the prosecutor,

but it's also his martial arts sensei.

- I object, Your Honor.

- Yeah, I guess since he didn't train his student

well enough to defend themselves

in the street- - I object!

- I figured you have another chance

at winning in court today!

I'm looking for justice,

what are you looking for, counselor?

- So three guys are at a party

arguing about who's got the best memory.

- God help me.

- First guy says, "I remember my mother

putting on my diaper."

Second guy says, "I remember being born."

Third guy says that's nothing.

I remember going to a party with my father

and coming home with my mother.

Stop!

God, that's almost as funny as

why did the pothead cross the road.

- Who else would follow a chicken?

- Hang on.

Yeah. Detective Toney.

Right.

Right, gotcha. Thank you.

Woods is on his way to the barn

and Nick is on his way after him.

- We're off like a prom dress.

- Oh please! God, you're so terrible.

Just come with me.

- Hey!

Cone beef special today, Nick?

- No, not here for lunch today.

- Oh, here for Bobby?

- That scumbag's inside, right?

Oh, here we go.

- Hey, baby. How's it going?

- Bobby Woods.

Got a warrant for your arrest.

Looks like possession of cocaine

with the intent of distribute it.

That's ugly.

Turn around, put your hands behind your back.

- Sure, Nick.

- Don't move.

- Drop the goddamn knife!

- Don't do it, Bobby! - Drop the knife!

Drop it, Bobby!

- Just relax. Don't hurt her.

You never could fight like a man, could you?

- What is the greatest American pastime?

Is it hockey?

No, Sensei!

- Is it soccer?

No, Sensei!

- Is it even football?

No, Sensei!

- What is the greatest American pastime, Frank?

- Baseball, Sensei!

- That's right.

Why is it baseball, Megan?

- It's statistics, Sensei!

- That's right.

It's statistics.

Stat!

- 70 home runs, Sensei! - Stat!

- 150 RBI, Sensei! - Stat!

- 300 strike out, Sensei! - Stat!

- 30 wins, Sensei! - Stat!

- 400 batting average, Sensei!

- And is this a game?

- No, Sensei.

- Is what we do here a pastime?

No, Sensei!

This is real!

It's out way of life!

- And you know what happens when you don't properly train?

This could happen to you at a party.

This could happen to you at a bar.

This could happen to you on the street.

Megan, get this little girl off my mat.

Class.

Dan, Felix. Contact.

- Don't start.

- I'm not even gonna ask.

But it couldn't have happened to a more liberal judge.

- Officer Tantino!

- Chief's looking for you!

- Officer Tantino!

Sandra Chilton.

I represent Judge DeMitro.

- What can I do for you Miss Chilton?

- Don't you think it's a tad disrespectful

arresting the judge in his robes?

- Disrespectful?

I let him put it on.

- I don't understand.

- The only thing the judge was wearing when I found him

was that gag in his mouth, and nothing else.

- Oh, now that is ridiculous.

- You got something to say, Judge?

- The State Supreme Court

has put our free speech rights in jeopardy.

I've done all that I can in the courtroom.

Now I'm taking it to the streets.

Gagged and naked is how they have left us.

So gagged and naked is how I will be.

Officer put that gag back in my mouth.

- Oh, Judge.

- And besides, I'm the most muscular judge on the planet.

Have you seen the size of my arms and my chest?

And everything else that

I have going on. - All right, that's it.

I don't wanna hear about your physique.

Let's go.

Hey. - Hey.

Chief wants you, Nick.

- Yeah, yeah.

- I bet the chief is livid about this arrest.

- Why is it that you have to get suspended so many times?

- I'm being suspended for speaking the truth in court?

- How about Zane Carroll, Nick?

Why do you wanna embarrass this guy?

He's part of our team.

- He's a dangerous person.

- He's a powerful person, Nick.

- You have any idea how badly I'd like to kick his ass?

- You couldn't.

- Yeah, sure.

- Zane Carroll wants your head in a basket.

I'm not gonna give it to him of course,

because you're my boy.

- Thank you. - Don't thank me yet.

I have a new assignment for you.

A little change of scenery, Nick.

At the high school.

- So, how much can you bench press?

- Really?

- Come on! What's your bench?

I would say 300 pounds?

- Yeah.

- So if you had to pick one of these kids

who'd become a murderer, who would it be?

- I don't know.

Shouldn't be doing something about that?

Is it my job to stop them?

- I don't think so.

Face off again.

- So what's your job here?

- I have no idea.

- Anybody tell me who are some of the major players

in the courtroom in the criminal justice system?

Could be a man or a woman who sits at the bench.

- Come on, guys.

He's the one who makes all the decisions.

- He's the judge.

- Right.

- I know because my mom just paid them a lot of fines

for drunk driving.

- Thank you, Juan, I think that's more than we need to know.

- Oh yeah. There's also a lot of pigs in the court too.

I think the men and women

in blue have a more proper name.

- Police officers.

- Yes. I think what Juan meant to say was police officer.

Now, Anthony, I get that you know a lot

about the courtroom with your sister being a lawyer.

- Anthony, can you help us out?

- Bet you she's in the court all the time, right?

Cassie is a defense attorney.

Anthony, do you wanna try and tell us

what she does in the courtroom?

- He's not gonna answer you Miss Gause.

He never does.

- Okay.

- We all might be a little slow in here, but Anthony.

That's a real moron.

Hey!

We don't like new kids in our school!

Especially real stupid ones that don't talk!

Okay, get up

and go to the vice principle's office.

- What, you're taking a dumb's side, Miss Gause?

That's enough, Juan!

Let's go! - I don't need to be here.

- Leave. - Whatever.

Excuse me! - Get out.

- Leave.

- I hope you enjoy your last few moments here alone, Nick.

- You obviously have a point.

Why don't you make it?

- I'm buying this school.

I outbid you.

- How do you get a fat girl in bed?

Piece of cake!

- Good one, Dutch.

You and I, we're on the contract, right?

- Yes. For y'all.

- No, no, no. That's for the building.

Stevie Ray, he owns the martial arts school

and I just offered him 10 more large than Nicky boy here.

- You know what a crying shame is?

A crying shame is a busload of lawyers going over a cliff

with two empty seats. - With two empty seats.

- Yeah. I've never heard that one before.

- Don't pretend you got a sense of humor.

Stevie's has been bullshitting you and Mr. Prosecutor.

I've got a lien on the school.

A failure to pay rent, and the sale

of the Hawthorn Institute of Martial Arts goes to...

Drum roll!

Nick Tantino.

- We'll see about that.

Maybe in court.

- Yeah, maybe.

- Hey, we can settle this now.

- Step on the mat, counselor.

- No, don't.

- Okay, guys.

- Appreciate you having my back.

It means a lot. Thanks.

- Don't thank me.

Pay me.

Got it.

- Miss Gause, I'm Cassie Rodriguez.

- Please have a seat.

- Thank you.

- You settling into New Jersey life all right?

Must be a huge adjustment

after living your whole life in Florida.

- Oh no, not my whole life.

Anthony and I were actually both born in Manhattan.

Then after my parents died, we moved to Tampa.

We lived with our grandmother

and then unfortunately she passed when I was just 19.

So it's just been Anthony and I ever since then.

- Wow, I had no idea.

I'm really sorry.

- Oh, thank you.

So how's Anthony doing?

- Well, I'm very glad we're having this meeting

because I do have some serious concerns.

- Okay.

- He hasn't connected with anyone.

Not me, not my aide, Mr. Watson, not a single student.

- Well, he just needs more time

and then he'll warm up to a few students.

- Well, we haven't seen even

the slightest indication of that yet.

I get to receive much information

from his previous high school.

But I see here that it says that his diagnosis

is autism, not Asperger's.

- No doctors have said that he showed

some signs of Asperger's, like high intelligence.

I'm sure you've seen that in his schoolwork.

- Yes. The high intelligence is very evident from his tests.

And honestly that's the main reason

I have yet to refer him to an alternative school setting.

- No, he doesn't need an alternative school setting.

This is the right place for him.

Trust me on this.

At home he's very organized

and he knows exactly what he needs to do for your class.

And he speaks to me in full sentences

the majority of the time.

He will talk to you.

He will communicate with you.

Just, he just needs a little bit more time.

- Well, it's obvious that you know your brother

better than anybody here.

We'll give him a little more time.

Say a month or so,

but we really do need to see some social progress.

At minimum some more communication.

- Thank you, Miss Gause.

I really appreciate it.

And I'd be more than happy to be a guest speaker.

- Oh, that would be great.

Yes. I think that that will really help motivate Anthony.

- Yes, I do too.

Thank you.

And the capital of Maine is?

- Augusta. - Right, Vermont!

- Montpelier. - Good!

- The capital of New Hampshire is Concord.

A couple of Connecticut if Hartford.

The capital of Rhode Island is Providence.

New York, Albany. - Very good, keep going!

The capital of Delaware is Dover.

A capital of Maryland is Annapolis.

- See Anthony, this is what you need to do at school.

Speak to people in complete sentences.

Do you think you could try and do that?

- I'm hungry. What's your dinner?

- Hello, Nicholas.

- Hey, Jill.

- So this is the place.

- Yeah, this is it.

Let me give you a tour?

- Sure.

- This is the weight room.

- I can see that.

- This is the women's change room, lockers and showers.

You look good.

- Thank you.

So do you.

- This is the men's room.

Got some sweaty, athletic guys hanging out in there.

Could see you spending some time there.

- Not funny, Nick.

- Oh, and back there is just an unfinished area.

Still working on it.

- What are you gonna do with it?

- Gonna finish it.

Come on.

Can't wait to show you this.

This.

This is the main fight room.

It's where it's all gonna go down.

Pretty nice, right?

- It's a palace.

Palace for you, Nicholas.

- Jill, this is what I want.

This is what I need.

- What you need is just support me, your wife.

And not spend our entire savings on a midlife crisis.

How many students do you have?

- It's not about students right now.

It's about having a place to train.

Get back into shape and fight professionally again.

- Nick, that was 15 years ago.

And are you kidding me?

This entire place for just you?

- Jill, you know what? I've had enough.

I can't stand my job.

I don't wanna be a cop anymore.

They've got me babysitting kids in high school.

I just wanna fight.

- I'm not going down with you, Nick.

I've stood by you through all your suspensions,

all your violence.

Yeah. You've been a gentleman to me.

But all your violence?

And that one time long ago.

How many women would have stood by you for that?

No more.

You've got a shower here, move in.

This is your new home.

I came here hoping that I wouldn't have to give you this.

It's over, Nick.

Funny how you don't fight this.

Food, food, food, food, food, food,

food, food, food, food.

- Anthony, you have to get along at school.

You have to participate.

Miss Gause called my office.

She wants me to be a guest speaker.

- Guest speaker. Good.

Good. You'll be a good guest speaker.

- Anthony.

They don't know about your past

and what happened in Florida.

- Yeah, I'm tubby.

But that's the dummy.

- Yeah.

You are one moronic son of a bitch, aren't you?

Yo.

This will wake you from your sleep.

- Hey!

Hey, get off!

Hey!

Calm down.

Relax. It's okay.

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

- Let me try to understand this, Mr. Pare.

Your client is charged with a triple homicide

and you want me to release him ROR?

- That's right, Judge.

I think there should be no bail in this case.

- The prosecutor has made an application for $1 million.

No 10 %.

And that's reasonable.

Well, your request is, how do I say this?

Absurd.

- Judge, that is not correct.

- Excuse me?

- As you know, under State v. Johnson

there are three criteria to evaluate when setting the bail.

Does the defendant pose a flight risk?

Is he a potential threat to the community if released?

And is the prosecution likely to win the case on the merits?

- Thank you for the legal brush-up.

- I think you could use it here.

- And I think you're getting very close to contempt.

- My client is a lifelong resident of this community.

He's a doctor with a practice right here in town.

Look at the support here today for Dr. Clark.

What do you say?

- Don't put my doctor in jail!

- What do you think?

- Free Dr. Clark! - Free Dr. Clark!

- Sit down, ma'am.

- Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark!

Free Dr. Clark! - Order!

Quiet in this courtroom!

Order!

- Free Dr. Clark! - Sit down!

Free Dr. Clark!

- Mr. Pare, that was completely inappropriate

and impermissible conduct!

- Judge. I am just pointing out that Dr. Clark is loved.

The man is an important part of this town.

He is not going anywhere, Judge.

My client is not a flight risk.

Beyond that, he poses no danger to this community.

The allegations are that he assisted three people

in peacefully ending their lives.

Three people with terminal illnesses.

And that brings us to the third prong of the Johnson test.

The prosecution is unlikely to succeed at trial.

The case law is very clear.

That assisted suicide cases or not prosecutable.

Not in the modern criminal justice system.

Mr. Pare, what do you think the odds are

that president Trump will appoint you to the Supreme Court?

It would be an honor that I would consider-

- It's a rhetorical question, Mr. Pare.

And the answer is zero.

You have a 0 % chance of ever getting appointed

to the Supreme Court!

And you have even exactly the same odds

of me granting you your application.

Now, Dr. Clark here shot three people in the head

at a gas station.

It was all caught on video.

None of the three victims that he shot were his patients!

And none of the three victims had a terminal illness.

- They were heroin addicts, Judge.

They could have ODed at any time.

- $2 million Dollars cash bail!

No 10 %, and no bond!

- Don't worry about it.

We'll work something out. It's not a big deal.

- Not a big deal?

- It's just a setback.

She'll come down, we'll work something out.

- Dr. Clark, please stand up.

Look, Dr. Clark, there's a lot of good things

you can do in prison.

There's a lot of sick people in there

and not a lot of good doctors.

Sal is just gonna escort you back to the holding cell.

Okay?

- You'll be okay. We'll talk soon.

- Well, Shane that was a pretty creative

and entertaining to say the least.

The prosecutor has a slam dunk.

I'm gonna plead him out.

Still probably get about five figures though.

- I don't believe the bullshit guys pedal.

- Is it that much different

than what you do in an interrogation?

- Probably not.

Listen. I've known you for a long time

and I've never asked you for anything.

- You got me knocked out three times

in fights you started and you walked away without a scratch.

- It's 'cause you can't fight for shit.

And I'm a lot tougher than you.

But really, listen.

What do you know about autistic kids in high school

and fighting in the law?

- That's a lot of questions.

- I'll tell you what, why don't we discuss it

over a cold beer?

- Long as you're buying.

- Okay, Mr. Five Figures.

- I haven't got my money yet.

- This is where it happened over by this basket.

Really, I've never seen anything quite like it before.

So athletic, but brutal.

He's autistic? - Yes, but he's not brutal.

- Miss Rodriguez.

When we spoke you didn't tell me about Anthony's past,

and today our principal did.

- I have Anthony's files from South Tampa High School.

9th and 10th grades.

Seven fights, four suspensions, one expulsion.

11th grade, well, half of it,

three broken ribs, one broken nose and several stitches.

Mind you, that was three different boys.

Now, here's my favorite.

The balance of 11th grade

and one month of 12th grade at St. Joe's.

14 fights.

- You don't have to say anything else, Dr. Conci.

- Priests and nuns, perhaps have a little bit more patience

with their students,

maybe because they have a certain higher calling

they're beholden to.

As principal of a public high school,

I have a different higher calling to deal with.

A superintendent and a board of education,

and they're worried about things like getting sued.

- I could definitely see a lawsuit here.

He mercilessly beat Felix and won.

No provocation.

- Excuse me?

That's not accurate.

You were there and you know it didn't happen that way.

Look, both of these kids were teasing Anthony,

almost to the point of harassment.

And the one kid, Felix,

he whipped the ball in Anthony's chest

from point blank range and then he put his hands on him.

- This is the kind of thing that's happened before.

Anthony gets provoked.

- It seems so this time

based on what Officer Tantino witnessed,

but all his prior schools seem to describe

a ticking time bomb.

- And we've discussed his antisocial behavior.

With this new development,

I really think that he needs to go

to an alternative school setting.

- No! - I'm sorry.

- Look, he's already in a special ed class

and I really don't want him anymore labeled.

- I'm sorry, Miss Rodriguez.

But his past is so very, very troubled.

- Look, Dr. Conci.

What if I was personally responsible for Anthony?

- What? - What?

- I mean, I'm here as the school resource officer.

I'm supposed to be teaching kids.

What if I focus all my energy

and concentrate on just one student?

I'm a veteran police officer and a seasoned black belt.

I know I could help that kid curb his violence.

I could help him control it

and maybe even find out what causes it.

- Okay.

I'm sure if it was under your constant supervision

you could protect the other students,

but you don't have any education

or experience working with autistic children, do you?

- You're right, I don't have any training

or expertise in autism,

but that kid made direct eye contact with me.

Now, that's not usual with autistic kids.

Am I right?

- That's absolutely right.

- I mean, I've been around the block a few times

and I know a few things about combat.

There was something strange going on with that kid

when he was fighting those boys,

something that took him completely out of his cocoon.

I want the opportunity to train Anthony.

I know that through the martial arts

I could help them cultivate

and develop those incredible skills he has.

- You not only want us to keep him in high school,

but you want us to allow you to teach him

how to fight even more?

- Well, yeah.

I'm gonna teach you some grappling, Anthony.

Now watch this.

Let's show him arm bar.

Anthony, pay attention.

I have Glenn's arm and if he doesn't tap,

his arm's gonna break.

Okay!

- I hope you got this kid on a short leash.

- Very short.

It was no small task convincing the superintendent.

- I don't know, man.

I really wanna help this kid.

Maybe we'll show him some kicks.

Get your helmet on. Come on

Please, Anthony.

All right. This is the roundhouse kick.

I got a low kick to the thigh.

Up to the ribs. Nice and high.

Nice head kick, Anthony, roundhouse to the head.

- I better see some results in 60 days.

- Like what?

- How should I know?

I don't know anything about retarded kids.

- I wanna teach you that, man.

You're gonna get it.

Get up.

Anthony.

Anthony!

Anthony!

- You know, I really love you guys.

You're not just my students.

You're my family.

I really feel like I'm letting you down.

I mean, is it me?

Or is it you?

Riley, you got your ass kicked at a party.

Is it me?

Or is it you?

And a week before that,

Toby, you got your tooth knocked out in a bar fight.

Is it me?

Or is it you?

And Felix.

Felix.

My prize.

My top student.

A brilliant pugilist.

An 18 year old high school senior

who's never lost a tournament fight.

5-0, beaten MMA stars with years of experience,

and you get your ass kicked in gym class by an autistic kid.

So I asked you again.

Is it me, or is it you?

Is it me, or is it you?

It's me! It's me!

It's me! It's me!

It's me! It's me!

It's me!

It's me.

- What about his father?

A certain criminal.

A man responsible for probably many deaths.

- So then why should he worry about letting his father go?

He couldn't be expected to do everything right.

He couldn't be loyal to everything all at once.

- Still teaching that American literature.

Private lesson I'm assuming.

- That's the only kind I do now.

- Katerina, can you give me a minute?

- Of course, Professor Cooper.

- How is New Jersey?

- I have a problem in our other world.

There's this cop.

He's got so far under my skin.

I just wanna rip his throat out,

I just wanna kill him.

- Focus!

Streamline.

Think about what you need.

The cop has been training this kid

and he's embarrassed my most prized student.

- Sounds simple.

- It's more complicated.

The kid is...

He's handicapped, he's autistic.

- Do you remember how I taught you to fight?

Our creed?

- Not only do I remember it, Sensei.

I teach it.

- Then live it.

Modify your officer in every way that you can,

in every aspect of his life.

- And the student?

- You owe your student your loyalty.

And remember,

you can't be expected to be loyal to everything all at once.

- Katerina!

- Yes!

- Where were we here?

- Here!

- Megan, come in here for a moment please.

- Hello? - Felix.

I want you to come here before school tomorrow morning.

We're gonna start a new type of training.

I need you to run a criminal case history for me.

- On who?

- Nick Tantino.

- But he's a cop.

- So I'm investigating him.

- About what?

- Fraud.

- Falsifying his law enforcement job application.

- Aren't we a little past the statute of limitations?

- Just listen to me for a second.

I heard a story about him

and I just wanna find out if it's true.

If it is, then lying on his application

will be the least of his troubles.

But it's what I need to legally investigate him.

- So, you want me to do this at the office?

- Of course.

Where else?

Thank you.

- How's Anthony been doing?

Has he been taking any interest

in the martial arts training?

- Not yet.

I can't get him to say two words to me.

I don't know if he's absorbing the techniques.

- He's been talking about you here at home.

- He has? Really?

- Yeah, and for him to talk about

someone so quickly is unusual.

Anthony! Dinner!

You know, most autistic kids

lose a previously acquired ability

to speak sentences or even words.

- But Anthony?

- Anthony has actually progressed.

There's high functioning autism, sometimes called PDD NOS

and then there's diagnostic categories

such as Rett syndrome and fragile X syndrome.

This disorder is very confusing.

I mean, there are some autistic kids

that have the messiest desks at school,

and there are some of the neatest ones.

But there's one unifying factor.

All have difficulty communicating

and interacting with others.

Anthony! Dinner!

- There he is.

- My brother sure does communicate when he wants to do,

through aberrational, reflexive and fighting skills.

How do we figure this out?

How do we put this to a positive use?

- You know, I think I have somebody

that I can bring into the fold

that can really help us.

- Another martial arts instructor?

- Well, sort of.

- Why'd you lie to me?

- I didn't lie!

- Oh, no?

You sent me an email saying you're African-American.

That's obviously a lie.

- You wanna answer that?

- If I get this phone, you'd better not make a sound.

You understand? Not a peep.

Nick Tantino.

- Update. - Yeah. No, it's no good.

No, his punches are slow.

His ground game is weak.

He's worried.

- I would say so, given that he's about to be killed.

Can you get a location yet?

- No, and actually, I don't think

this fights even a good idea.

By the way, one of the Killers came by today.

- You shot one of them?

The man or the woman?

- It was the woman.

- Are you sure it was one of the Killers?

- Her jacket said Killers right on it.

These people plaster the name of their dojo

all over themselves.

They're like crazy.

- I see.

- Listen, an MMA fight between two married couples,

It's a bit strange.

I think we should cancel a fight for Max's sake.

Like you said, I don't wanna see him get killed.

Now as for the other one, Virad.

She's a bit loco in her own right.

- Oh, on the QT,

has Virad lost any weight yet?

- No, she's really not that receptive to it either.

- We can't afford to give her a heart attack.

So gently suggesting a diet and more exercise program.

- Okay. Listen.

Right now I have a little bit of a quandary

and I really can't can't talk.

Really?

Come on. Right now.

Hi. Dr. Reno.

- And who the fuck are you?

- I'm Glenn.

I work for Nick.

- So he sends some lackey to pick me up from the train.

- Can I take your bags?

- Do I look like a fucking idiot? No.

I can take my bags.

Just take me to Nick.

Come on! Get your ass moving.

- Okay.

- Get up, you lazy bastard!

- Dr. Reno!

- Good to see a kid.

So I'm staying here?

- Of course not.

I got a nice hotel room picked out for you.

- Hell no, I'm staying on site in this environment.

I just meant is this dump my room?

- I'll put you in another dump room.

- Don't you know how to treat a guest?

Pick up my fucking bags.

Take them to my room.

- Yes, sir. - All right!

Get your ass moving!

- Come on, pussy!

Harder!

That's it! Come on!

One! Two!

Three!

You're never gonna fall down on me again.

Remember, we don't fight fair, we fight to win.

Now say it.

- We don't fight fair.

We fight to win! - Zane!

Tantino's rap sheet is clean.

- Shit.

- And I felt really awkward pulling his file.

- Is everybody a pussy here?

- Zane.

- I'm sorry.

- Look, as prosecutors,

I know we have the right to investigate,

but I'm real unclear of what we're doing here.

- Call it.

- Wrestle!

- I think he killed somebody.

- What?

- Like, 20 years ago.

- How, when, where?

How could he be a cop if he killed somebody.

- I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know.

Give me 50.

Okay, listen to me.

In my office there's a promotional agreement

for a professional bout in Jersey City.

I want you to extend that agreement to Tantino.

And his student.

- I don't understand.

Do you wanna fight Tantino

or do you wanna prosecute him?

- Both.

Get outta here.

Come on!

- Doc, This is the file with all Anthony's-

- Did you forget I make my own observations?

There's nothing in that file that will help this boy.

Right! You stupid prick!

Dr. Reno. Easy.

- Jesus Christ.

I don't know what's wrong with this kid.

- So that's it.

- Certainly not, you buffoon!

We're gonna have to get down and dirty!

Dig into his mind. Get rough with him!

God damn it.

Get his sister down here!

We need her help.

- Got it.

- I wanna do

something for you.

- I hope it's something better than that rhyme.

- Oh, it is!

- Do it.

- All right.

Well, it's called pushups for love.

Yeah, 'cause you a hottie

and I love your body

and I wanna get real naughty!

So I do these pushups, baby.

Pushups for love.

Yeah!

- Can we just go get something to eat?

- Nah, I got like three more.

One pushup more.

For love.

- All let's go.

- What's brown and hides in the attic?

The diary of Anne Frank.

- I don't get it.

- Yeah, of course you don't.

- 'Course not.

Come on, come on.

- Anne who?

- You know, 30 years back

I could kick higher than you and hit much harder!

Jesus!

I didn't mean to make it a challenge.

- You know I'd never hurt you, Doc.

Anthony. That kid's the challenge.

I'm gonna really need your help with him.

- We've got a challenge for you.

- Hey!

Come on in, baby.

- Zane Carroll's promoting a bout.

10 professional fights.

All weight classes.

- My buddy Zane Carroll, huh?

Where's this gonna take place?

- Jersey City.

- And who does he want to fight?

- This your student?

- No, no, no.

I'm the teacher, honey.

Aren't you a lawyer or something?

- And a black belt.

- Oh wow.

What a woman!

Hey, take a swing at me, baby.

Whoa!

- Wait a minute, he wants Anthony

to have a professional fight in less than a month?

What is he thinking?

- It's against Felix.

He already knocked him out in school.

Well, I'll tell him the offer's rejected.

- No, no no. Hold on.

You got a pen?

- I'm not leaving town for a few days.

So why don't we have a little pre-fight?

- Who is this guy?

- Don't ask him.

He doesn't know how to treat a lady.

- Come by my room.

It's kind of a dump, but I can show you movies

maybe that you never even heard of.

- So it's on?

- Give that to Mr. Carroll.

- Yeah. Show me the moves.

- I'll see you in, let's say an hour?

- I'll see and your sensei in Jersey City.

- Wow.

Really going to town in that bag, big guy.

Hey, Doc, here's Dutch and that kid.

- Oh!

Hey!

So, this is my specimen, huh?

Come with me, my son.

So you're the smart ass who's gonna help me figure out

this conundrum!

What's a condrum?

You asshole.

- What was that? What's going on?

- I'm back to falsely arresting criminals.

Is that an oxymoron?

- Get outta here.

Cassie, timeout.

I know it looks bad, but trust me.

It's all under control.

Believe it or not, this is my team.

- Cassie, you came!

Cassie, you came!

- Yeah! - Let me show you!

- Atta boy. Good job, champ.

- Come on, you grimy little sea urchin.

Come on.

I want you to talk.

- I don't know what you want me to say.

- Don't be a wise ass.

- Doc. We don't need him.

We can do whatever this is without him.

- You, hit the bricks!

Hit the bricks!

Oh, come on it. Hit the bricks.

Hit the bricks, you motherfucker.

Outta here!

It means leave, let's go.

I'm Dr. Reno.

- Are you a medical doctor?

- He's a psychiatrist.

One of the best.

- That meathead knows this from personal experience.

You're Anthony's sister?

- Yeah, this is really unusual.

He doesn't normally rock like this.

- That's because he's not your usual autistic.

- I should take him home.

- No.

- With all due respect, Dr. Reno, I don't even know you.

- Your brother is a savant!

Stop rubbing his fucking arms.

- He's autistic. He's not an idiot.

- He's an autistic savant.

- Calm down. Relax, man.

Calm down.

Just relax.

Shh. - Anthony understands Spanish

with feelings like any other person.

- We don't even communicate in Spanish.

- He knows it innately.

- Cassie.

- Rod Crew, 1977 MVP American League.

National League, 1977 MVP George Foster.

An autistic savant

is a person who has an exceptional skill.

- In 1977 when Rod Crew won American League MVP.

- About 10 % of people with autism are savants.

The most common are a splinter skills

This is a person with a hobby, maybe great at trivia,

like MVPs and batting averages.

And then there are those very few with prodigious skills.

A person who can play an entire Mozart concerto

on the piano after hearing it only once.

Or a kid who has fifth degree black belt abilities

because he saw a Bruce Lee movie.

It's believed that there are less than 25

autistic savants in the world of old prodigious skills.

And Anthony is one of them.

Even more confounding it seems

that Anthony has two savant skills.

- The Spanish.

- Yes.

That's clearly not a prodigious skill

because he only seems to fully relate to the language

when something harshly negative said to him,

probably a splinter skill.

- But Doc, let me ask you a question.

How'd you figure out the whole Spanish thing?

Can I take your main course?

- What the fuck is wrong with you?

Can't just see what talking here?

Get your ass outta here.

So how did I figure it out.

I asked that punk Juan how the fight started.

They cursed at Anthony in Spanish.

- That's it? You got it from just that?

- No, pencil head.

And I read that thick file you gave me.

What the fuck's the matter with you?

Almost every kid he got into a fight with

had a Spanish last name.

The one school he went to

had a very small Hispanic population.

That's why he had only one fight there,

but that St. Joe's was chocked full of Latinos.

Thus, the 14 fights.

This isn't brain surgery, huh?

- So now we have to get Anthony to understand Spanish

in all different areas.

Not only when it gets him angry.

Dr. Reno, can you continue to help us?

- No.

- No? What do you mean, Doc?

We really need you here.

- No, no, no.

He needs practical help.

This isn't a mind that can be manipulated by a psychiatrist.

He just needed the right doctor

to learn what the real deal is.

And now you gotta use that karate room

and the Spanish language to hone those skills,

and I ain't gonna be around

when you're calling him a dick head in Spanish.

No way.

Where the hell is the waiter?

I'm hungry!

- Yeah. That's right.

I'm here at Anthony's karate school.

Mixed martial arts, judo, karate, whatever.

It's all the same thing.

No, the cops didn't bring me here again.

I came by myself 'cause I'm gonna kick this kid's ass.

- All right, Anthony. All right.

All right. It's time to get going.

Come on.

- That was just luck.

I wasn't looking!

Well, I guess Felix wasn't looking either.

Elizabeth, shut up. You're talking a bunch of crap.

I know you were there.

I'm telling you it was just dumb luck!

Haven't you ever seen me box?

I'm faster than Mahatma Gandhi!

Well, that's what I mean, Mohammad Ali.

And you see how many pushups I can do!

I would have did more if it wasn't for those stupid cops.

Anyway, I gotta go, all right?

And you're gonna eat your words

'cause I'm gonna kick his ass.

- Hi, Juan.

Hi, Juan.

Hi, Juan. Hi, Juan.

Hi, Juan.

- You know, back in the day,

I could take those punches kicks from that kid.

- Better than I ever could.

- Oh hell no, not better than you, Nick.

Not too long ago you were on your way to being the best.

Let the killing sidetrack you.

- You know, Doc, some people are dead.

And deservedly so. I have no regrets.

- Yeah. I agree.

Think about this, Nick.

You became a cop, not a professional fighter.

Sidetracked you.

But I think now you're back on track.

Help that kid.

- Thanks, Doc.

Good to see you.

- God bless you, baby.

- Stay well.

- All right. I'm out of here.

- Arrivederci.

- Ladies and gentlemen.

Today a message needs to be sent.

A message not only heard in Los Angeles, Washington DC

and New York City, but also right here in New Jersey.

A message to the police department,

to the prosecutor's office and to the public at large.

Stop the corruption.

Stop arresting innocent people

and altogether ruining their lives.

Stop the power abuse.

That's the beginning of a closing argument.

Now here's the important message

that I wanna tell all of you today.

I know that Miss Gause has told you earlier

that my brother Anthony has some very rare

and remarkable abilities,

but he needs some help to use these abilities in a good way.

He needs help from me, from Officer Tantino,

from Miss Gause and other teachers here at Hawthorne High.

He also needs your help.

Will you help him?

- Anthony, I'll help you.

- All right, everyone,

clap if you will help your friend, Anthony.

Come on guys, let's go!

- I'll try to.

- I'm in.

- All right. Juan, what about you?

- Oh, come on, Miss Gause.

- Tell Anthony that you will be his friend.

In Spanish.

- Miss Gause.

- All is forgiven, Juan.

Please help.

- That's very close, Elizabeth.

- No, it's...

- Nick.

Nick and Anthony.

Nick and Anthony. Nick and Anthony,

Nick and Anthony win!

- And that's it.

Basic wrestling move. It's a good technique.

I want you to learn it.

Try to follow, my man. You can do this.

Come on.

Level change, drop the knee, penetrate, shoot in.

Take somebody right to the mat.

Level change, drop the knee, penetrate, shoot in.

Can you do it, Anthony?

Okay.

Tell you what.

Nice!

That's what I'm talking about, kid.

Way to go!

Let's get it on. Come on!

Get them hands up!

Come on!

Whoa, easy!

Ah, easy!

That's it. High five, come on!

Get that upper body strength.

- Music, art, mathematics, and other skills

such as knowing the time without seeing a clock

or committing a math to memory

are found that autistic savants.

- Come on. 21!

22! Get that stomach hard, come on.

23!

- Aside from memory.

Other factors that assist a savant in honing their skills

include the ability to focus and concentrate.

The desire to practice endlessly.

Positive reinforcement from family, friends, and teachers.

- Watch out. Come on, defend it!

- In rare cases the person may be

unusually gifted in languages.

- Get that head down.

Good!

Atta boy.

Anthony, write it in Spanish.

- Every autistic brain may have untapped savant skills.

- Get ready for the ass kicking of your life, savant boy.

In the cage.

- What's the matter?

You don't have the guts to say it to him in Spanish?

And that doesn't even affect you?

- Why should it?

Herbert Hoover was the president

during the Great Depression.

- Say it in Spanish.

Anthony, I just don't understand.

- Was that Felix, my student, I just saw leave here?

- Yes. And he was just threatening my brother.

- So this is Anthony?

- Yes.

- Look, I'm really sorry about Felix.

I had a feeling he was gonna head down here.

You know, I'm gonna straighten him right out.

Thousand laps around the gym, I promise you.

- Sure, Zane.

- Really, all he needs a little bit of charm school.

- Of course, and you're probably the headmaster

of that school.

- I am.

- Go sit in the car.

- Nice ride.

- I think yours might be a bit more expensive, Magnum.

- You know, I really think this is fight

is gonna be great for these two kids.

Teaches them discipline.

It's in a controlled environment.

- Nick says the same thing.

- Nick.

I really need to talk to you about Nick.

- I don't think this is an appropriate conversation, Zane.

- Anthony would be much better off training at my school.

Lawyer to lawyer?

- Speak, Mr. Attorney.

Nick Tantino's not the man you think he is.

- Goodbye.

- He killed someone, Cassie.

In a fight in cold blood.

Is that the type of man you want training Anthony?

- Prove it to me.

- I will.

You bet your sweet ass I will.

- That was fantastic.

I'm so glad we got together again.

After all this time,

you were on fire!

I guess fighting keeps you strong.

Pass me the strawberries.

These past few months I've been so lonely.

If I'm telling the truth, the past year really.

I want another kiss.

- You know, I could see us rekindling

those old high school flames.

Jill, I need you to tell me something.

Something about Nick.

It'll really help me with the divorce.

The more you help me, the more I can help you.

I mean, the truth is he doesn't even deserve this house.

He doesn't even deserve half of it.

Okay?

Did I tell you how beautiful you are?

Did I?

Hey.

What you doing?

- Something that I couldn't do in the prosecutor's office.

- This isn't true.

- It's Nick Tantino's international rap sheet.

- This says he was charged, but not convicted

of murdering somebody in Italy when he was 22?

This is isn't real!

- Does it matter?

He did kill somebody in Italy.

Who cares if he was never charged.

This is in the International

Criminal Justice computer system now.

Because I added it.

When he applied to be a cop,

there was no international computer system.

So now it's been discovered.

I want you to give it to Cassie tomorrow, okay?

- Okay, Zane.

- Thank you.

- Nice work, Cassie. - Thank you.

See you at the office?

- Nope. I am going to get a beer.

- Okay. - Maybe two.

- Hello Sandra.

- Always a pleasure, Megan.

- Cassie, I'd love to speak to you.

- That's funny Megan

'cause I wanted to speak with you as well.

- I bet my conversation's more interesting

than your conversation.

- I'm not so sure about that.

Do you know Jill, Nick's soon to be ex-wife?

- Sure.

Real bombshell.

Hard act to follow.

- Yeah.

It seems that Jill likes to videotape herself with men.

A new hobby.

Yeah.

And it also seems that Zane wanted to hear

that Nick was a murderer.

And when Jill told him that that just wasn't the case,

Zane didn't like that very much so he cut her off.

Now Jill's a wee bit upset.

- Well, what you'll see in this file is also not true.

It's another phony act from Zane.

- Trenton's the capital of New Jersey.

Trenton, the capital.

Patterson, Passaic, Camden, Jersey City.

- Come on, Anthony. Fight back.

- Big cities.

Trenton, the capital. - At least block.

- Trenton, the capital.

- Patterson, Passaic, Camden, Jersey City, Newark.

- Tap, tap!

- What was that?

- That was a flying arm bar.

I've been training in martial arts for a long time,

I could never master that move.

- He's doing so good.

I mean, I get energized every time I work with him.

His progress. It's amazing.

- I know, it's amazing!

I mean, he's on again off again

and I mean, I don't think he'll ever be totally cured,

but the improvements are just unbelievable!

- You know?

I wonder why he never responded to Spanish before,

unless it was something violent.

- Yeah. I mean we never spoke it at home.

We're completely Americanized.

I mean, I only know Spanish from taking classes,

and Anthony never learned it at school.

Kids rarely even spoke to him.

I mean they spoke in front of him,

but I think there's a big difference.

He was never nurtured in Spanish.

- You know, what worries me is that

Felix knows that, and he's not gonna be cursing him

on the night of the fight.

- Do you know what he just said to me?

He just said that you can master that move

if he worked on it with you.

- He did not say that. - He did say that.

- Are you sure he said that?

- I'm sure. I'm positive.

Well, I'll tell you Jack,

we got a lot of excitement in this place tonight.

Richard Winfield is sheer muscle

with some serious jujitsu skills.

- These guys got energy going.

This is the way to fight.

What happened at Henderson's body?

Winfield is punching his lights out!

This is crazy!

This is an all out street brawl!

Unbelievable!

- Look at this guy hit!

I tell you what if I got hit with one of those,

I'd be in the back row here.

I'm telling you!

- Here we go, round two.

Nicky Nevels to Roy Rivers apart

in the first one.

This guy's an incredible grappler.

He's got skills in every area,

but it's on the mat where he really shines.

Oh my goodness!

Man, he can really round up a punch,

This one's gonna be a bloody finish.

And there we go!

Ladies and gentleman,

what's a fight without the flip at the end?

Well, I'll tell you Jack,

we got a lot of excitement in this place tonight.

Now, I just love this story, Al.

Two 18 year old high-schoolers.

Felix Sanchez, who's already fought and won

in five professional fights.

And Anthony Rodriguez, an autistic savant

who fights with magic from within.

What are you doing?

Getting ready.

What are you doing?

- Getting ready to fight.

Not Anthony?

- No, not Anthony.

Why don't you sit down for a minute.

Look, your brother's got incredible talent,

but these prodigious fighting skills,

they only come out when he's taunted in Spanish.

Felix knows that.

I'm sure he's gonna do everything he can

to speak to him strictly in English.

Even if I'm on the sideline,

yelling nasty things to him in Espanol,

it's too much of a risk.

We'll continue to work out.

But I found the training has helped him so much mentally

and that's so much more important.

I don't wanna see him get in that cage

and make a spectacle of himself,

and I'm not gonna let him get hurt.

- I'm falling in love with you.

- I'm already in love.

- So you're gonna fight Felix instead?

- No.

I'm gonna fight Zane Carroll.

Oh my goodness!

And there it is.

Another fight comes to an end.

The crowd is on their feet,

but people got their money's worth tonight.

And we haven't even hit the main event.

I've gotta tell you though, Grady.

This next one is the one that I've been waiting for.

- Time to win, Nick.

- Win Nick. Win.

Win. Win, Nick.

- Ladies and gentlemen!

What's this?

They're saying there's a change in the fight lineup.

- Nick Tantino the cop, pulled Rodriguez at the last second.

Any reason why?

- We don't know why, but I'll tell you,

there's an awful lot of animosity

between he and Zane Carroll the prosecutor.

- In the red corner, fighting out of the Spitfire Academy

in Hawthorne, New Jersey,

standing six feet, two inches and weighing 215 pounds,

Zane "The Persecutor" Carroll!

Both senseis are from the same New Jersey town.

Neither has fought professional in years,

but both were stars on the rise.

- And in the blue corner,

also fighting out of Hawthorne, New Jersey,

representing the Hawthorn Institute of Martial Arts,

standing six feet and weighing in at 225 pounds,

Nick "The Law Man" Tantino!

The referee, Samad Raphael.

- All right gentlemen, you know exactly what time it is.

I want a good clean fight.

You obey my commands at all times.

Gentlemen, tap gloves and back up.

Are you ready?

Are you ready?

- Here we go. - Fight!

Oh!

Nick Tantino disrespected right off the bat by Carroll.

- Come on, Nick!

I tell you, this isn't a cop

you wanna meet on the street.

You got that right.

- Straight right by Nick.

- That's gotta hurt.

- Yes! Come on, Nick!

He's gotta switch it up.

That's a low blow to the groin by Zane Carroll!

I think he's in trouble.

Yeah, he's got him in trouble now.

Chalk one up for the police, Grady!

- I tell you what, this one is O-V-A, over!

- Counselor just got schooled.

- Get off me! Get off me!

Stay down, sucker!

Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick!

- Come on, you.

Cover up!

Okay, okay, okay. All right, you got me.

- It appears as if you've succeeded with the kid.

I think we'll take you back on patrol.

That's if I don't wanna retire.

- Once a blue, always blue.

- Don't retire just yet.

That elbow was lucky.

I'll fight you again right now.

- Hey, what do you say to a prosecutor

that just got his ass kicked in a fight?

You have the right to remain silent.

You're under arrest

- For what?

- How about official misconduct

for initiating an illegitimate law enforcement

investigation against Nick,

for tampering with government computers

and creating a false rap sheet.

- None of this crap will hold up in court.

- You have the right to an attorney.

You know that already.

You can't afford an attorney, sell the Ferrari.

- Let's go!

Come on, the tire can't beat you!

Come on, it's Zane Carroll and he's beating you!

You want a soda?

- No soda. No soda.

Cassie says no soda..

- Anthony, orange juice or water?

- Milkshake.

I want a milkshake.

- There you go. You got your order.

- You want a milkshake too?

- No, I'll stick with the water.

Anthony, you wanna try the tire?

- I better tell you this in English.

You probably not gonna totally get it,

which is okay, but at least I'll get it off my chest.

You see Zane was trying to convince your sister

that I killed somebody.

A long time ago in Italy, I went to visit my grandfather.

He wasn't paying to the people

that he was supposed to pay to,

so they sent some guys over to his house

to straighten him out.

I saw what they were doing, Anthony, and I snapped.

You understand what I'm telling you?

I will tell her.

Atta boy.

Come on. Don't stop.

A little harder.

Come on!

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